Stolen pickup ‘flames out’ near Brookings

Posted: Wednesday, Jun 4th, 2014BY: Staff reports

BROOKINGS – The Brookings Fire Department and the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office both rushed to a vehicle-on-fire alarm early Tuesday morning, but by the time firefighters and officials had arrived at scene, the truck had already been destroyed by flames.

And, as they were later to discover, the pickup had been stolen in North Dakota.

The call came in about 2:30 a.m., said Assistant Sheriff Scott Sebring, the caller reporting a vehicle on fire south of Brookings on 217th Street. It was located about a half-mile east of 472nd Avenue.